Other ID: ASTR 73OCT
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): James M. Robb
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Uniboom survey.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1973-10-01
End Date: 1973-10-12
Equipment Used: EG&G 234, Epsco LORAN-C , Single channel hydrophone
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Lines 1-35 were collected during this cruise. Line 36 was run 2 Dec. 1974; Line 37 was run 3 Dec. 1974; Line 39 was run 19 June 1975. Man days at sea: 27 TOTAL, 22 USGS.
Staff: Raymond E. Hall, Charles J. O'Hara
Affiliate Staff:
L. Setlow (MA Div. of Mineral Res.)
Notes: See log for narratives.
Location:
Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.71689138 | South: 41.3527594 | West: -71.19475728 | East: -70.62316599 |
Platform(s):
 Asterias |
Robb, J.M., and Oldale, R.N., 1977, Preliminary geologic maps, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-889, 2 sheets, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/mf889.
FAN 1973-005-FA has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=1973-005-FA.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Composite Cruise Log (pdf file) ASTERIAS-Buzzards Bay cruise log containing seismic and navigation entries from October 1-12, 1973(FA 73005); December 2-3,1974 (FA 74017); and June 19-30, 1975 (FA 75011). |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| EG&G 234 | --- | Boomer | |
| Epsco LORAN-C | --- | Navigation | 1973-005-FA-NL-001-01 (Composite Cruise Log (pdf file) ASTERIAS-Buzzards Bay cruise log containing seismic and navigation entries from October 1-12, 1973(FA 73005); December 2-3,1974 (FA 74017); and June 19-30, 1975 (FA 75011).) |
| Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1973-005-FA-SE-001-02 (scanned record section of Line 17) 1973-005-FA-SE-001-01 (scanned record section of Line 16) SEGY data 1973-005-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of LINES 1,2,26,27,30-32) |
